U.S. corporations eager on China's import expo regardless of commerce frictions: China official

U.S. and Chinese language flags are seen in entrance of a U.S. greenback banknote that includes American founding father Benjamin Franklin and a China’s yuan banknote that includes late Chinese language chairman Mao Zedong on this illustration image taken Could 20, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/Recordsdata

BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. corporations are eager to take part in China’s import expo regardless of commerce frictions between the 2 nations, China’s assistant commerce minister Ren Hongbin mentioned on Friday.

“For america, even by means of there are some bilateral commerce frictions, it can not cease U.S. corporations from attaching significance to the Chinese language market and their nice enthusiasm for the Chinese language market,” Ren instructed a information convention.

China held its first import expo in Shanghai final yr and signed $57.eight billion price of offers. Ren mentioned it’s arduous to foretell the scale of offers for the import expo this yr, which will probably be held on Nov. 5-10.